Brocade 6510 BR-6510-24-8G-R Scheda Tecnica

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

Switch mode (default): 24-, 36-, and 48-port 

configurations (12-port increments  

through Ports on Demand [PoD] licenses);  

E, F, M, D, EX ports
Brocade Access Gateway default port 

mapping: 40 F_Ports, 8 N_Ports

Scalability

Full fabric architecture with a maximum of 

239 switches 

Certified maximum

6000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops 

in Brocade Fabric OS

®

 fabrics; larger fabrics 

certified as required

Performance

Fibre Channel: 2.125 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 

4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line 

speed, full duplex; 10.53 Gbps line speed, full 

duplex; 14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 

auto-sensing of 2, 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds; 

10 Gbps optionally programmable to fixed  

port speed

ISL trunking

Frame-based Trunking with up to eight  

16 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 128 Gbps  

per ISL trunk. Exchange-based load balancing 

across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade 

Fabric OS. 

Aggregate bandwidth

768 Gbps end-to-end full duplex

BROCADE 6510 SPECIFICATIONS

Maximum fabric latency

Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; 

encryption/compression is 5.5 µsec per node; 

Forward Error Correction (FEC) adds 400 ns 

between E_Ports (enabled by default).

Maximum frame size

2112 byte payload

Frame buffers

8192 dynamically allocated

Classes of service

Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)

Port types

D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), E_Port, 

EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port); optional 

port type control
Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port and 

NPIV-enabled N_Port

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast

Media types

16 Gbps: Brocade 6510 requires Brocade  

hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps 

SWL, LWL, ELWL
10 Gbps: Brocade 6510 requires Brocade 

hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 10 Gbps 

SWL, LWL
8 Gbps: Brocade 6510 requires Brocade  

hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps 

SWL, LWL, ELWL
Fibre Channel distance subject to fiber-optic 

cable and port speed

USB

One USB port for system log file downloads or 

firmware upgrades